The Frugal Girl

MARCH 6, 2024

The repeated defrosting cycles tend to cause freezer burn on foods pretty quickly, so I try not to keep things in my kitchen freezer for long at all. Related: A post about freezing food in glass jars. And here’s a post about freezing food odds and ends. Here’s my cinnamon bread recipe , in case you want to make some!)

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Grocery Spending Groceries Grocery Sewing 190

The Frugal Girl

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

What I Spent So I went to pull together my grocery spending for the week and I realized that it’s all quick trips to Safeway. I never had room for a toaster oven at my other house, but I do really like having one here, especially for reheating things or making two-person servings of food. Remember how in A.

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Safeway Toaster Ovens Leftovers Toasters 207

Family Balance Sheet

JULY 9, 2014

My family was watching way too much addictive cable TV anyway and my husband and I were not happy with the new price, so the decision was very easy. Cutting cable is definitely a big step, but it you’re ready to take the leap, find out How We Watch Great TV Without Cable. In 2013, our average monthly grocery spending was $635.

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Grocery Spending Financial Goals January Budgeting 242

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 6, 2011

My humble coupon case: If you are new to couponing or even the subject of saving money on groceries, watching TV shows, like Extreme Couponing on TLC, can be overwhelming or intimidating. I guess it is possible to buy hundreds or even thousands of dollars worth of groceries for pocket change, but nobody needs 62 bottles of mustard.or

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Land o lakes TV shows Saving Money Menu Planning 166

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Check out the group and watch my Facebook LIVES where I describe the steps to writing a budget. Assign a budget category to each transaction, so you can add up what you spend on food, fuel, clothing, self-care, etc. Groceries is the easiest budget category TO GET OUT of control and the easiest budget category TO control.

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February Frugal Financial Goals Budgeting 100

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 8, 2018

– Food: groceries, meals out, school lunches. Now that you have a list of every possible expense category, project your spending on each category for the month that you’re planning. Use old receipts, bank statements to get an idea of how much you must spend. The grocery category is the easiest one to reduce.

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Budgeting Budget Financial Goals Goals 133